KARACHI/LAHORE: Getting around Pakistan was 7.9% cheaper in September than in May, according to the BusCaro x P&C Mobility Index, launched today. The index measures what it costs to travel one kilometre across eight different modes of transport, and it fell from 100 in May to 92.1 in September. For the average vehicle on the road, a kilometre cost Rs 9.65 in September, compared with Rs 10.48 in May.

Cheaper petrol did most of the work as it averaged Rs 374.61 a litre in September, weighted by the days each price was in force, 7.5% below May's Rs 405.19. The index weights each kind of transport by the number of vehicles on the road, where privately-owned motorcycles and cars’ cost of commute move in line with the fuel, so the national reading naturally moves closely with the pump. The rest of the fall came from........

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